What Do Showrunners Look for When Staffing a Writers Room?

What Do Showrunners Look for When Staffing a Writers Room?

What Do Showrunners Look for When Staffing a Writers Room?

What do showrunners look for when staffing a writer's room?

The ability to write, yes.
The ability to play well with others, of course.

But there's more. Much more, especially with the situation with ATA-WGA creating a level of anxiety with writer's both old and new. It's not just about story arcs and solid portfolios.

Click the link below to learn what four showrunners are looking for when it comes to getting butts in seats.

What Do Showrunners Look for When Staffing a Writers Room

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What 4 Showrunners Look for When Staffing a Writers Room

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Joleene DesRosiers

Joleene DesRosiers

Screenwriter, Actor, Producer

Joleene DesRosiers is a former television reporter and anchor turned indie screenwriter and director/producer at a PBS affiliate television station in Northern New York/Canada.This role allows her to write, produce, and direct regional and national documentaries, docs-series, and other series produc...

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2 Comments on Joleene's Article

Kamala Lane
Screenwriter
"Fortunately, the explosion of number of platforms and shows has helped increase demand for stories from different perspectives. So it has become good business to break bad habits. That combined with network and studio-sponsored initiatives to diversify writing ranks with the hope of training future showrunners, [and now] we are seeing change."  Periodt!
6 years ago
"All members of a dominant, entrenched majority have a moral responsibility to transfer some of their power to members of minority groups"?!  WRONG -- if "dominant, entrenched majority" means the American people, then we OWE IT TO OURSELVES AND OUR NATION to do whatever it takes to KEEP our power for ourselves and DENY it to the other nations (our ENEMIES), for our own sake!  Because if we give up ANY part of our power over the rest of the world, THEY WILL TAKE EVERYTHING FROM US!
6 years ago
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